Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

A scientific study of the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets.

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Nimbostratus clouds

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Cloud formation consisting of dark-gray layers of clouds and occurring at altitudes which produce prolonged rain and snow.

Aerosol scavengers

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Cloud droplets which attract an aerosol into snow, rain or some other water precipitate by coagulation and accretion.

Ozone destruction

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

In addition to photolytic destruction by infrared light (wavelengths of 1140 nanometers or less), stratospheric ozone is destroyed by interaction with a variety of chemical substances in the ...

Latent heat

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

If a change of state occurs from gas to liquid or liquid to solid, internal energy in the form of heat is released. If a change of state occurs from solid to liquid or liquid to gas, heat is ...

Aromatic hydrocarbons

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Hydrocarbon compounds in which the carbon atoms are connected by a ring structure that is planar and joined by sigma and pie bonds between the carbon atoms. An example of an aromatic compound is ...

Propagation

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

In chemical terms, a propagation step is any step but the first, initial step, in a chain reaction (a series of chemical reactions in which the first reaction causes the second which causes the ...